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The Battle at Apache Pass is a 1952 American Western film directed by George Sherman.The stars are John Lund as United States Army Maj. Colton and Jeff Chandler (in brownface) repeating the role of Apache chief Cochise, whom he had played two years earlier in 20th Century Fox's Broken Arrow. [2]
After a fierce battle, the Apaches are chased off and Bodine flees alone with Coburn in pursuit. In a final shootout between the two foes, Coburn kills Bodine. Doug accompanies Coburn and the triumphant soldiers back to Apache Wells, where Coburn is welcomed by a grateful Col. Reed, and Doug is reunited with his family who had feared him dead.
The Battle of Apache Pass was fought in 1862 at Apache Pass, ... The engagement was portrayed, somewhat inaccurately, in the 1952 film The Battle at Apache Pass.
The site is located on the unpaved Apache Pass Road which can be accessed from Interstate 10 near Bowie, Arizona or from Arizona Highway 186 just north of the entrance to Chiricahua National Monument. Access to the ruins of Fort Bowie and the visitor center is via a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) foot trail which begins at a parking area along Apache Pass Road.
The Battle at Apache Pass; Broken Arrow (1950 film) Buffalo Soldiers (1997 film) C. Conquest of Cochise; D. The Deserter (1970 film) A Distant Trumpet; Dragoon Wells ...
It was the third time Jeff Chandler played Cochise, following Broken Arrow and The Battle at Apache Pass. [2] Parts of the film were shot in Castle Valley, Professor Valley, Sand Flats, Devil's Garden, and Arches National Park in Utah. [3]
While Chapter 1 of the Civil War-era saga, in theaters June 28, focuses mainly on white settlers and the U.S. military, the film also takes viewers into the White Mountain Apache community as its ...
Fort Bowie site near Apache Pass. After the Battle of Apache Pass in July 1862, a United States military post, Fort Bowie, was built to protect the pass and the spring. First, a rudimentary post was constructed near the spring, then later, a more permanent post was constructed a little higher on nearby table-land.